Chapter II: Part 2

"Please find enclosed (stamps) .50 for the Indian work. A few days after you were with us, a poor widow, aged and feeble, brought some sewing which she had done for me, and for which I paid her $2.50. She handed back fifty cents, asking me if I could in any way send it to Mr. Shelton for the work among the Indians. 'A widow's mite,' she said. I told her I would be very glad to do it. I think the Lord must have looked with favor on her gift. I have often sent to her missionary papers, magazines, etc., and know she had greatly enjoyed the reading. You certainly touched her heart, as you did many others. I hope the Lord is fulfilling your desires."

The Chinese ===========

The Pictures ------------

Dr. Pond has sent us two pictures which we are glad to insert in this number. Of one of them he says: "It is a photograph of our Oroville Mission House, pupils, teachers, etc. The taller of the two white men in light clothing is the young pastor of our church at Oroville, who is a real _helper_; the other is myself. The two white ladies are Miss Deuel, former teacher, on the right, and Miss Keifer, the present teacher, sitting next to me. The little American boy is her nephew, greatly interested in the school. The little Chinese boy is a child whom the brethren have partially and after a sort adopted, and who is very bright and promising and means to be a Christian. Our helper, Chung Moi, stands directly behind me; but the picture does him injustice. He has a very prepossessing face. The one who stands on the left of Miss Deuel (i.e. at _her_ right hand) is Gee Jet, the deacon of our little church and the stand-by of the mission. The trees in the rear grow at the water's edge of Feather River. The building, as you observe, is of brick, topped out with a shake roof put on by our brethren after the last (of two or three I believe) sweeping fires to which the little structure refused to succumb. It belongs to ex-Governor Perkins of this State--once a merchant in Oroville--and has been used by us for ten years or more, ever since our mission was established, free of rent."

The other cut is also a picture of the teachers and pupils at Oroville.

Lights And Shadows ------------------

Rev. W.C. Pond, D.D.

LIGHTS.--One teacher writes: "Mr. B. [a distinguished lecturer from Ohio] visited our school. He said that he had never seen before such bright, happy faces among the Chinese. I told him the reason; they have been brought out from heathenism. I love to notice the change it makes in them."

Chin Toy writes from Riverside: "Five boys converted and joined in Association since I came. Four boys are going to join Rev. Mr. Hunt's church, (Congregational), and be baptized at the first Sunday of July. This Association of Christian Chinese has ten members now. I like these boys and like these teachers too; they are so helpful to the Lord's work."

[Illustraton: Mission House At Oroville.]

Hong Sing writes from Petaluma: "Now I am going to ask you especially to pray for two scholars here who I hope for to gain him to Christ before I leave. I am glad that one accepted my advice and promised yesterday to join our Association, but sorry the other one excuse. I pray to God for the Holy Spirit to open his eyes to see his guilt and danger, and how much he needs a Saviour."

From a pupil in Santa Barbara, addressed to our missionary helper, Loo Quong: "It is now fifth month since I left you at Los Angeles. The time seems very long indeed. We hope dear God give you a great power to cast out the devil; and sowing the seed it bring forth fruit hundred fold into the only God. At beginning we came to the United States [i.e. I first came to the United States] about May, 1881. We did not know of Jesus Christ, because born in the heathen country and work here in the Chinese store. Then we hear the Chinese mission--talk with Jesus Christ, do nothing to our idols and very different from us, for we were with evil companions and do many things in gambling, lottery tickets, opium. Dr. Pond open Congregational mission school about 1887 in Los Angeles, very near our house. Then we was been to school about every evening. Mrs. Sheldon and you teach very kind to us, and you explain the gospel of Jesus. So we know the only true God, leave evil companions, join our Association and sixth month join Dr. Hutchins' church. 'And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all and followed him.'--Luke 5:11."

From Fresno; from Loo Quong: "Now I have some good news for you. There were three more of our pupils joined the Association, making nine in all. God will care for this little flock of his, and may they multiply a hundred fold! One of them was in school at Hong Kong many years ago before he touched the American soil. He also was in our Central School at San Francisco three years ago. Two months ago I was surprised to see him here. At once he attended our school and began to ask me about Christ's teaching. He would have no other lesson but in the Bible." (Miss Worley writes of this pupil that he wishes now to become a missionary). Of another of these three, Loo Quong writes: "He is one of the best young men I ever knew, * * so kind, so quiet, so modest, so full of love. I think he looks like our Lord when on earth. He is always on hand at school. When I asked him to join the Association, he said that he fully believed Jesus that he is the Saviour of his soul, 'but how can I be his disciple while I am in the gambling business?' We explained to him how God would take care of those who gave up all for him, and the next night he told me he was ready to give it up and walk with Christians." Of the third, also, a good account is given, but I must not use more space on the Lights, but turn to the

SHADOWS--One example must suffice. I must not mention either place or person, lest harm come of it. A teacher writes: "I feel sure that two little boys whom you sent to assist in our anniversary will grow to Christian manhood, fed as they are on the Word. With sorrow I compared with their surroundings those of our little ---- ----, and I write to know if something cannot be done. Two years ago he entered the school, having come directly from China. He has always been studious and well-behaved, loving his Bible and the gospel songs. The mission boys tell me that those with whom he lives are not his parents, but that this man bought him in China. The child remembers his mother and brothers. He also remembers a man offering him something if he would go with him. He did so and was carried off in a boat and sold. His owner is very fond of him, but is away from home. The wife does not care much for him. Sometimes there are black and blue marks on his hands where he says she strikes him. Once there was a small burned place on both his lips. I asked him about it, and he said "Mamma." One of the boys told me that he talked too much and she put the hot poker on his lips. I have heard that this man intends taking the boy back to China in a year or two, fearing that in this county he will lose him. They are bad people, keeping an opium den."

The shadow deepens when the question rises, "What can be done for this boy?" He is in the grip of an "_Imperium in imperio_," to which some years ago I had occasion to refer in these columns. Even Americans who know the facts and are eager to help him, feel as though it would be scarcely safe for them to rescue him. Our wisest Chinese helpers say: "Wait, watch over him, but don't disturb existing relations. It would break up our mission in that place. Chinese would not dare to be identified with it. The boy will soon come to understand his rights and will assert them for himself, and then you can help him." But it almost makes one's blood boil to think that on American soil such counsel can be given and perhaps ought to be observed.

Bureau Of Woman'S Work. =======================

Miss D.E. Emerson, Secretary.

All ladies interested in missions are earnestly invited to be
present at the gathering of Women's Home Missionary
Organizations to be held in Northampton, Mass., Tuesday, Oct
21st. This meeting will be in the First Church. Interesting
speakers have been secured to represent the work of our six
National Societies. The day promises to be one full of
interest, and we hope there will be a large delegation of
ladies present from all over our land, and that they will pray
earnestly for the spirit of the Master to be present in this
gathering.

NATHALIE LORD, COMMITTEE.

The Woman's Meeting of the American Missionary Association will be held on Thursday afternoon, October 23d, in the Edwards Church at Northampton, Mass. All are cordially invited to attend.

We call especial attention of ladies to the Woman's Meetings at Northampton, Mass., Oct. 21st and 23d. The first, on Tuesday, of which notice is given above, is the meeting of the Women's Organizations of the several States as represented on page 321. They extend from Maine to California, and we would that there might be present delegates from every State.

The second meeting, on Thursday afternoon, October 23d, is the Annual Meeting of the Bureau of Woman's Work of the American Missionary Association, at which missionaries from different departments of our work will come face to face with the friends who have cheered and supported them, and will tell somewhat of the every day life on the field. An unusually interesting programme is promised.

We take this opportunity and method of thanking those officers of the State Organizations who have been recently sent us a revised list of their auxiliaries to date, that the missionary letters from the field may be mailed directly to each church society thus represented. Every state that has pledged itself to aid the work of the American Missionary Association is entitled to these field reports, which are sent out from the New York office through the Bureau of Woman's Work, and we shall be glad to receive the correct address for each auxiliary society.

Christian Endeavor For The Boys And Girls Of The Southern Mountains -------------------------------------------------------------------

A New Need.

A large number of the mountain people are so poor that they cannot pay even the bare cost of living for their girls and boys in order that they may have the privilege of attending school. Rarely can a family send more than one child to school, and in every case where one can go a boy is selected. The brothers must wait until perhaps too late, and the sisters must remain at home in ignorance. Thus it is found that the advantages of Christian schools, brought so near to the mountain boys and girls by the American Missionary Association, are not yet sufficiently within their reach, and this gives rise to a new need in connection with our work in the South. It is a need of young people and we turn to young people to meet it, believing that our Christian Endeavor Societies and other Young People's Societies will not lose this special opportunity for missionary work.

A Student's Fund of $3,000 is to be raised in $50 shares, upon which we will draw to bring the young people of the mountains into these schools, and to help them over hard places according to their need. Pupils will be encouraged to help themselves all they can, and no pledges will be made to any until they have reached the limit of their own resources, and no specified amount will be assigned to any one pupil. Each will be helped according to his condition. A boy may be able to reach the school and work part of his board and need only a small sum to cover the expense of the full year. A girl may need to have her traveling expenses paid and only this; another, giving promise of usefulness, may have her full way paid during the year. Some will be kept through the entire school year, who otherwise could study but a few months.

The training the young people receive in these schools brings a sure reward. We quote from a letter just received from one of our missionaries:

"I am very hopeful for the Christian work among the students this year. The Christian Endeavor Society is in much better condition than last year. The members understand better the meaning of 'Christian Endeavor,' and that being a Christian means a daily application of Christian principles to every day life."

Now why cannot our Christian Endeavor and Young People's Societies take this work to their hearts, and thus be the means of preparing others for Christian work? Why not do for these poor, but bright and interesting American boys and girls there, what will bring more of them into the fraternity of Christian Endeavor?

We will send at once to any who desire it, full information of our mountain work, and all who contribute to this fund may have their offering assigned to aid pupils in one of our schools, from which letters will be written by a missionary during the year, giving information directly from the field.

Here is an urgent need outside our usual lines of expense, for which we seek new and additional help--not the diversion of regular annual contributions. We break the fund into shares of $50 that many may have part in it. Early response either in cash, or pledges to be cashed by July, 1891, will result in giving many of these young people the advantages of Christian education during the present school year.

Woman's Work In North Carolina ------------------------------

We have a Woman's Missionary Meeting once a month; it began last November, with six members; there are now eleven. We have, too, a Mission Band, which many of the older scholars have joined as associate members. It is held fortnightly, after the Sunday school, and generally the whole congregation stay to hear what is going on.

Last Sunday morning we went to Pekin, starting at 8 A.M. It is a drive of fifteen miles through turpentine forests, and the roads are very rough; we go up hill and down all the way, three creeks to cross and one river. Across this there is a bridge, rather originally constructed. We go down a steep and sharp curve, on the edge of high banks, and then through a covered bridge across the rushing stream, which is seen between the foot planks, and we are thankful to get across without any backing on our horse's part. The woods are very lovely just now, very few wild flowers, but such a variety of foliage, and we notice a beautiful flowering shrub, called "ivory "; it is a mass of delicate pink or white blossoms. These turpentine forests are by no means all pines, there are many varieties of oak.

The Sunday-school at Greenlake church, Pekin, is held at 9 A. M. Our object this morning is to meet the children and teachers, before they disperse, and organize a Mission Band. The little church, or rather schoolhouse, is situated on a hill, and there is a fine view of the rolling country; only this morning one longs for a little shade. One of our former scholars (now working in the turpentine) comes out and takes our horse.

The school is just over, and we hear there is to be preaching at 11; it is now 10:15, so we ask the pupils to stay. We sing and then Miss Bechan explains about foreign missions and mission bands. They give in their names and appoint officers, agreeing to meet twice a month. They have also a Woman's Missionary Auxiliary, which has been meeting once a month since last December.

There is a recess of ten minutes, then the preaching begins. The preacher is a young man, who would gain much (as would his hearers) by attending school a few years. This is one of the heart-sores in the work here--the great ignorance of many of the preachers. Some of them will tell you, they have had "no education," and, indeed, it is all too plain, from their curious expressions and mis-applied long words; but worst of all is their ignorance of the Bible. But how can they do better till they have been taught? There is a crying need of educated pastors in these country places. The young men tell us, they "do not find religion interesting;" one said, that, after "having tried it two or three times." It is hardly to be wondered at, that they are not interested, when the thunder is all that is shown them. They are told they ought "to quake and tremble," and if they do not, they "show by their actions that they mean to go to hell."

Woman's State Organizations. ----------------------------

Co-operating With The American Missionary Association.

MAINE.

WOMAN'S AID TO A.M.A.

Chairman of Committee--Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

FEMALE CENT INSTITUTION AND HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. Joseph B. Walker, Concord. Secretary--Mrs. John T. Perry, Exeter. Treasurer--Mlas Annie A. McFarland, Concord.

VERMONT.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. A. B. Swift, 167 King St., Burlington. Secretary--Mrs. M. K. Paine, Windsor. Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.

MASS. AND R.I.

(2)WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

President--Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cambridge, Mass.

Secretary--Miss Nathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston.

Treasurer--Miss Sarah K. Burgess, 32 Congregational House, Boston.

CONNECTICUT.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. Jacob A. Biddle,35 West Street, South Norwalk.

Secretary--Miss Ellen R. Camp, New Britain.

Treasurer--Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford.

NEW YORK.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn.

Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse.

Treasurer--Mrs. L.H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City.

PENNSYLVANIA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. W.H. Osterhaut, Ridgway.

Secretary--Mrs. C.F. Yennee, Ridgway.

Treasurer--Mrs. T.W. Jones, 218 So. 37th St., Philadelphia.

OHIO.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. J.G.W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland.

Secretary--Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin.

Treasurer--Mrs. F.L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt Vernon, Ohio.

INDIANA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. W.A. Bell, Indianapolis.

Secretary--Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne.

Treasurer--Mrs. D.T. Brown, Michigan City.

ILLINOIS.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, 409 Orchard St., Chicago.

Secretary--Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago.

Treasurer--Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Champaign.

IOWA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. T.O. Douglass, Grinnell.

Secretary--Miss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell.

Treasurer--Mrs. M.J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque.

MICHIGAN.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave., Detroit.

Secretary--Mrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing.

Treasurer--Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Greenville.

WISCONSIN.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. H.A. Miner, Madison.

Secretary--Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead.

Treasurer--Mrs. C.M. Blackman, Whitewater.

MINNESOTA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

President--Mrs. E.S. Williams, Box 464, Minneapolis.

Secretary--Miss Gertude A. Keith, 1350, Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis.

Treasurer--Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Northfield.

NORTH DAKOTA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

President--Mrs. A.J. Pike, Dwight.

Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood.

Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Fisher, Fargo.

SOUTH DAKOTA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. A.H. Robbins, Bowdle.

Secretary--Mrs. T.M. Jeffris, Huron.

Treasurer--Miss A.A. Noble, Lake Preston.

NEBRASKA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. T.H. Leavitt, 1216 H. St., Lincoln.

Secretary--Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 No. Broad St., Fremont.

Treasurer--Mrs. D.E. Perry, Crete.

MONTANA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. F.D. Kelsey, Helena.

Secretary--Mrs. W.S. Bell, Helena.

Treasurer--Mrs. S.A. Wallace, Billings.

MISSOURI.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. A.W. Benedict, 3841 Delmar Ave., St Louis.

Secretary--Mrs. E.H. Bradbury, 3855 Washington Ave., St Louis.

Treasurer--Mrs. A.E. Cook, 4145 Bell Ave., St. Louis.

KANSAS.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

President--Mrs. F.J. Storrs, Topeka.

Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.

Treasurer--Mrs. J.G. Dougherty, Ottawa.

WASHINGTON.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

President--Mrs. W.E. Dawson, Seattle.

Secretary--Mrs. N.F. Cobleigh, Walla Walla,

Treasurer--Mrs. W.R. Abrams, Ellensburg.

CALIFORNIA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

President--Mrs. H.L. Merritt, 686 34th St, Oakland.

Secretary--Miss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st St., Oakland.

Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Havens, 1329 Harrison St., Oakland.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. Emma Cash, 1710 Temple St., Los Angeles.

Secretary--Mrs. H.K.W. Bent, Pasadena.

Treasurer--Mrs. H.W. Mills, 327 So. Olive St., Los Angeles.

COLORADO AND WYOMING.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. J.W. Pickett, White Water, Colorado.

Secretary--Miss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Treasurer--Mrs. S.A. Sawyer, Boulder, Colorado.

Treasurer--Mrs. W.L. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

LOUISIANA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. R.C. Hitchcock, New Orleans.

Secretary--Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans.

Treasurer--Mrs. C.S. Shattuck, Hammond.

MISSISSIPPI.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Miss Sarah Dickey, Clinton.

Secretary--Miss Alice Flagg, Tougaloo.

Treasurer--Miss Mary Gibson, Tougaloo.

ALABAMA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. H.W. Andrews, Talladega.

Secretary--Miss S.S. Evans, 2519 Third Ave., Birmingham.

Treasurer--Miss M.K. Lunt, Selma.

FLORIDA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. S.F. Gale, Jacksonville.

Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park.

Treasurer--Mrs. L.C. Partridge, Longwood.

TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION.

President--Mrs. E.M. Cravath, Nashville, Tenn.

Secretary--Miss A.M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.

Treasurer--Mrs. G.S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn.

NORTH CAROLINA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill.

Secretary--Miss A.E. Farrington, Raleigh.

Treasurer--Miss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh.

TEXAS.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.

President--Mrs. S.C. Acheson, 149 W. Woodard St., Denison.

Secretary, Mrs. Mary A. McCoy, 132 No. Harwood St., Dallas.

Treasurer--Mrs. C.I. Scofield, Dallas.

Receipts For August, 1890. ==========================

The Daniel Hand Fund, ---------------------

For the Education of Colored People.

from

Mr. Daniel Hand, Guilford, Conn.

Income for August, 1890 $4,197.35 Income previously acknowledged 9,559.61 Total $13,756.96

Current Receipts. -----------------

MAINE, $431.17. Brewer. First Cong. Ch. 20.50 Castine. By Rev. A.E. Ives 3.00 Freedom Village. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Hampdon. Cong. Ch. 7.50 Limerick. Miss E.P. Hayes, for 50.00 Land, Raleigh, N.C. Limerick, Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 Newcastle. Second Cong. Ch. to 60.00 const. MISS ANGIE HEATH and MRS. LOUISE M. CHASE L.M.'s Portland. State St. Cong. Ch. and 196.50 Soc., 150; "John Elliott, Collector," 41.50; Hannah Watts, 5 Searsport. First Cong. Ch. 17.45 Waterford. First Cong. Ch. 2.72 Wells. Second Cong. Ch. 11.50 Yarmouth. First Parish Ch. 50.00 ------. "Friend," for Williamsburg. 2.00 Ky.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $230.90. Bath. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Colebrook. "E. and C., by favor of 5.00 Dr. E." Goffstown. Cong. Ch. 38.73 Hanover. Mrs. Susn A. Brown, for 70.00 Indian Schp. Keene. First Cong. Ch. 9.69 Manchester. Franklin St. Cong. Ch., Box of Hymn Books, for Mountain Work. Milford. First Cong. Ch. 40.00 Nashua. Y.P.S.C.E., Pilgrim Cong. 35.00 Ch., for Indian Schp. New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.88 Newmarket. Mrs. Hannah M. Moses 5.00 North Hampton. J.L. Philbrook 5.00 Temple. Mrs. L.W.C. Keyes 1.00 ------------ 20.60

VERMONT, $358.34. Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. 24.00 Chelsea, Member Cong. Ch. 25.00 East Hardwick, "A Friend." 15.00 Northfield. "A Friend," to const. 30.00 NATHANAEL KING L. M. Saint Johnsbury. Franklin 125.00 Fairbanks. 100; Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, 25, for Indian M. Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., 15.00 for McIntosh, Ga. Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Albert L. 5.00 Farwell's SS Class, North Cong Ch., for Indian Schp. Vergennee. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vermont, by Mrs. William P. Fairbanks, Treas., for Woman's Work; -- Lyndonville. Ladies' Soc., for 5.00 McIntosh, Ga. -- Saint Johnsbury. Ladies of So. 25.00 Ch., for Mountain Work. -- Stowe. Whatsoever Miss'y Circle, 4.34 for Mcintosh, Ga. -- West Glover. L. H. M. S., for 5.00 McIntosh, Ga. -- West Randolph. Miss L. T. Clark, 25.00 for Mountain Work. ----- 64.34

MASSACHUSETTS, $2,328.29. Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 Boston.--Roxbury. Walnut Av. Cong. 330.56 Ch. Roxbury. Immanuel Ch., Bbl. of C., for Williamsburg, Ky ----- 330.56 Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.23 Braintree. First Cong. Ch. 5.25 Brimfield. P. C. Browning, 10; Mrs. 12.00 J. S. Webber, 2 Cambridge. Mrs. C. A. Phelps, for 12.00 Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 15.00 Chelsea. C. H. Keelar's S. S. 6.92 Class, Central Cong. Ch., for ed. of a girl, Oahe, Indian Sch., Dak. Dalton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for 17.50 Schp., Santes Indian Sch. Foxbury. R. R. Holmes. .50 Franklin. Y.P.S.C.E., by B. M. 25.00 Rockwood, for Jewett Memorial Hall, Grand View, Tenn. Gardner. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 17.50 First Cong. Ch., for Indian Schp. Georgetown. Mission Circle of First 10.00 Cong. Ch. Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch. 20.00 Holliston. "Bible Christians." 100.00 Holyoke. Mrs. A. H. Child 5.00 Huntington. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. 47.50 Leominster. Y.P.S.C.E., Orthodox 50.00 Cong. Ch., for Indian M., Santee Home Leominster. Mrs. W. M. Howland, for 15.00 Indian M. Longmeadow. Mrs. Julia H. 5.00 Goldthwait, for Straight U. Lynn. North Cong. Ch. 50.00 Marlboro. Mrs. Agnes H. Mooney, for 1.00 Indian M. Medway. Village Cong. Ch., in part 50.00 Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.75 Milton. First Cong. Ch. 32.52 Natick. First Cong. Ch. 100.00 Northfield. E. J. Humphrey, for new 5.00 Indian Station, Dak. Orange. Central Evan Cong. Ch. 19.23

Paxton. Cong. Ch. 10.76 Peabody. South Cong. Ch. 77.00 Randolph. Miss Abby W. Turner 20.00 Springfield. "Friend." 5.00 Stoneham. Miss P. Stevens 2.00 Templeton. Trinitarian Soc. 22.84 Wakefield. Cong. Ch. 62.00 Wellesley. "Collected by Dominick," 25.00 for Land, Raleigh, N.C. West Newton. Sab. Sch. of Second 25.00 Cong. Ch. Worcester. Central Ch. S.S. and "a 33.00 few Friends," 23; "A Friend," 10, for Land, Raleigh, N.C. -----. "Donation." 100.00 -----. One Share East Tennessee Land Co. (face value. $50)... Hampden Benevolent Association, by Charles Marsh, Treas: -- Chicopee. Third 3.35 -- Holyoke. Second 57.37 -- Huntington. Second 17.13 -- Monson 25.33 ----- 103.18 Woman's Home Missionary 277.80 Association, by Miss Sarah K. Burgess, Treas., for Woman's Work; -----. For Salary of Teachers (of which 45.25 for traveling expenses of a Teacher) -- Newton. Mr. Cobb's S. S. Class, 6.25 Eliot Ch. for Indian Schp. ----- 284.05 ----- $1,828.29

ESTATES. Worcester. Estate of Miss H. F. 500.00 Carpenter, by P.M. Carpenter, Ex. ----- $2,328.29

RHODE ISLAND, $1,016.50

East Providence. Ladies of Newman 10.00 Cong. Ch., for Cumberland, Tenn. Providence. Y.P.S.C.E of North 4.50 Cong. Ch., for Grand View, Tenn. Providence. Fanny C. Thompson, for 2.00 Church, Cumberland Gap, Tenn. ----- $16.50

ESTATE. Providence. Estate of Isaac Hale, 1,000.00 by Miss Ednah B. Hale ----- $1,016.50

CONNECTICUT, $1,205.12

Burnside. "Friend," for Indian 70.00 Schp. Central Village. "Loyal Temperance 2.00 Legion," for Indian M. Danbury. Miss A. Fanton, for 2.50 Williamsburg, Ky. East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 17.00 Gilead. "Friends." 7.00 Gilead. Sab. Sch. of Cong Ch., for 8.52 Conn. Ind. Sch. Ga. Guilford. Mrs. Sarah Todd 5.00 Hartford. "A Friend." for Mountain 50.00 Work Harwinton. Cong. Ch. 6.27 Lisbon. Cong. Ch. 24.00 Manchester. Second Cong. Ch. 71.29 Mansfield. Chas. H. Learned 20.00 New Haven. Humphrey St. Cong. Ch. 102.19 New Haven. Sab. Sch. of Davenport 50.00 Cong. Ch. for Indian M. New London. Mrs. Lora E. Learned 17.50 and Daughters, for Indian Schp. New Milford. Sab. Sch. of First 70.00 Cong. Ch., for Schp., Hampton N. and A. Inst. North Branford. Cong. Ch. 12.14 North Haven. Elihu Dickerman 2.00 Portland. By H. M. Bowden, for 2.35 Freight, on Box to Thomasville, Ga. Prospect. Cong. Ch. 13.00 Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 14.43 Redding. Cong. Ch. 28.94 Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch. 20.78 Rockville. J. N. Stickney, for 10.00 Indian M Salem. Cong. Ch. 9.00 Sharon. Mrs. C. S. Sedgwick. 5; 10.00 Mrs. H. S. Roberts, 5, for Indian M Southport. Cong. Ch,. 126.09 South Windsor. First Cong. Ch 13.83 Torrington. Third Cong. Ch. and 42.25 Soc., 40.50; Ladies' Aid Soc. of Third Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C. and 1.75 for Freight Wauregan. Cong. Ch. and Soc 21.00 West Hartford. Mrs. E. W. Morris 15.00 Westford. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc 21.54 ----. "A Friend in Conn." 100.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of 12.50 Conn., by Mrs. Ellen R. Camp. Sec., for Woman's Work Suffield Y. L. M. Circle, for Washburn Sem., Beaufort, N. C. ---- $1,005.12

ESTATE Meriden. Estate of Miss Lucy 200.00 Foster. by Ezra Pratt, Ex ---- $1,205.12

NEW YORK, $518.54 Bergen. First Cong. Ch. 9.93 Berkshire. First Cong. Ch. and Soc 45.00 Brooklyn. Mrs. J. M. Hyde 200 Brooklyn. Miss M. A. Packard, for 1.50 Williamsburg Ky Cambridge. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Camden. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. 22.05 Ch. Chenango Forks. Cong. Ch. 9.00 Chili Station. E. B. Johnston 1.00 Clifton Springs. Mrs. W. W. Warner. 10.00 Dansville. Miss F. M. Emmons 1.00 Eaton. Cong. Ch. 7.25 Massena. Mrs. W. H Cubleg 5.00 New Lebanon. "Mother's Gift on 84th 4.00 Birthday," New York "Cash." 100: Rev. Stephen 131.50 Angell. 30, to const. CAROLINE L. ANGELL L. M.: By A. W. Wagnalls, Treas. E. T. Land Co., 1.50 New York. Cummins Miss'y Soc., 40.00 First Reformed Epis. Ch. for Indian M North Walton. Sab. Sch by A. L. 10.00 White, Supt. Oswego. Cong. Ch. 128.31 Perry Center. Cong. Ch. 21.00 Syracuse-Plymouth Ch. 15.00 Warwick. Mrs. Sarah Welling, for 50.00 Northfield Indian Station

NEW JERSEY, $65.00 Bernardsville. Mrs. M. L. Roberts 40.00 Orange Valley. Bleeker Van Wagenen 25.00 for Land, Raleigh N. C.

PENNSYLVANIA, $15.97 Ebensburg. First Cong. Ch. 6.61 Germantown. First Cong. Ch. 3.00 Neath. Cong. Ch., 390 and Sab. 6.36 Sch., 2.46

OHIO, $1,425.46

Adams Mills. M A. Smith 10.00 Brownhelm. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Cleveland. Mrs. H. B. Spelman, for 30.00 Student Aid. Atlanta U Cleveland. King's Sons, for 1.00 Williamsburg, Ky Dover. Cong. Ch 40.31 East Liverpool. Mrs. Harriet T. 1000.00 Kitchel, by Rev. H. D. Kitchel. D.D. New Milford. Mrs. E. G. Prindle 3.00 North Amherst. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Oberlin. Rev. Geo. Thompson. 2.00 Strongsville. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 Tallmadge. Daniel Hine, in trust 50.00 for the late Sarah T. Hine. to const. MISS NANCY JEANETTE LIMBERT L. M Tallmadge Cong. Ch 68.17 Windham Cong. Ch. 19.11 Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. F. L. Fairchild. Treas., for Woman's Work: -- Alexis. "Willing Workers." 3.00 -- Bellvue L M. S. 5.70 -- Medina. W. M. S, 10.00 -- Painesville. W. M. S 25.00 ----43.70 ---- $1,312.29

ESTATES. Jersey. Estate of Lucinda Sinnet by 63.17 John B Metcalf, Ex Oberlin. Estate of Sarah Ann Upson, 50.00 by Rev. Heman B. Hall. Ex ----- $1,425.46

ILLINOIS, $404.55 Alton. Ch. of the Redeemer, to 32.40 const. THOMAS M. GUY L. M. Bunker Hill. Cong. Ch. (10 of which 40.45 for Jewett Memorial Hall) Byron. Cong. Ch. 11.07 Chesterfield. Cong. Ch 9.47 Chicago. "Cash," 50; Lincoln Park 56.54 Ch, 6.54. Granville. Mrs. J. W. Hopkins 25.00 Joy Prairie. Cong. Ch. 41.50 Lyndon. John M. Hamilton 3.00 Mendon. Cong. Ch. 41.75 Morrison, William Wallace and 50.00 Robert Wallace to const. REV. J. W. SKINNER L. M. Normal. Cong. Ch. 2.80 Ontario. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Peoria. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 26.00 Port Byron. Cong. Ch. 12.07 Princeton Mrs. S. C. Clapp 25.00 Ridge Prairie. Evan. St. John Ch., 10.00 by Rev. A. Kerr Sparta. Bryce Crawford. 2; D. A. 6.00 Foster, 1; James Hood, 1.; James Alexander, 1.; P. B. Gault, 1 Waverly. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch 1.50

MICHIGAN, $22.08 Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. 11.73 North Adams. First Cong. Ch. 3.00 Red Jacket. Sab. Sch. of Cong Ch. 5.00 for Talladega C Woman's Home Missionary Union of 2.35 Michigan, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas. for Woman's Work: Saint Ignace. Ladies Cong. Union

WISCONSIN, $1.255.91

Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 155.58 Beloit Mrs. C. M. Nelson. Package C., for Sherwood, Tenn Eau Claire "Cheerful Givers" 10.00 Mission Band of First Cong. Ch. Lake Geneva. Mrs. Mary J. Barnard 1000.00 "in memory of her husband, Milo Barnard." Menasha. E. D. Smith, for Sherwood, 25.00 Tenn. Milwaukee. Grand Av, Ch., to const. 45.40 D. McK. SINCLAIR L. M Sheboygan Daniel Brown 4.00 Wisconsin's Woman's Home Missionary Union for Woman's Work Madison 5.43 Madison 10.00 Platteville. W. H. M. T 50 ---- 15.93

IOWA, $207.05. Anamosa. Cong. Ch., 6.42 and Sab. 10.54 Sch. 4.12 Cedar Falls. Cong. Ch. 30.00 Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 7.36 Decorah. Boys' Mission Circle, Three large handsome Pictures, also several packages of Papers; Girls' Mission Circle, Box Sewing Material, for Lexington, Ky. Dunlap. Mrs. W.F. Preston, for 5.00 Land, Raleigh, N.C. Edgewood. N.G. Platt 10.00 Farragut. Cong. Ch. 27.88 Fort Dodge. Sab. Sch. Pres. Ch., Box of New S.S. Papers, for Lexington, Ky. Gempoint. Cong. Soc. 2.00 Iowa City. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Osage. Cong. Ch. to const. MISS 46.00 BLANCHE IRENE BRONSON L.M. Preston. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Storm Lage. Cong. Ch. 15.29 Toledo. Cong. Ch. 9.92 Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, for Woman's Work: -- Bellevue. W.H.M.U. 3.00 -- Bellevue. Y.P.S.C.E. 2.00 -- Cedar Falls. L.A.S. 2.72 -- Clay. L.M.S. 3.00 -- Grinnell. W.H.M.U. 7.18 -- Le Mars. L.M.S. 3.47 -- McGregor. L.M.S. 7.69 -- McGregor. "Thank Offering" 1.00 ------ 30.06

MINNESOTA, $87.22 Detroit City. Cong. Ch. 13.00 Detroit City. Lake View Cong. Ch. 2.00 Lake City. Mrs. H.N. Bye, for 2.50 Williamsburg, Ky. Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 55.12 Minneapolis. "Life Member," 4, for 8.00 Tougaloo U., "Life Member," 4, for Woman's Work. Saint Cloud. Cong. Ch. 4.10 Saint Paul. S.S. Class for 2.50 Talladega C.

MISSOURI, $29.00 Kansas City. "A Friend." 20.00 Kidder. Cong. Ch. 9.00

KANSAS, $15.87 Cora. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Smith Center. First Cong. Ch. 1.62 Wakarusa. Valley Ch. 1.25 White City. Cong. Ch. 6.00

NEBRASKA, $14.39 Campbell. Cong. Ch. 1.07 Chadron. Mrs. C.P. Lyon. for 10.00 Williamsburg, K. Springfield. Cong. Ch. 3.32

SOUTH DAKOTA, $2.20 Springfield. Cong. Ch. 2.20

COLORADO, $32.97 Trinidad. Cong. Ch., for Talladega C. 4.56 Pueblo. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 5.45 West Denver. Cong. Ch., 7.96 and 17.96 Sab. Sch. 10. West Denver. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. 5.00 Ch.

MONTANA, $35.00 Helena. First Cong. Ch. to const. 35.00 REV. F.D. KELSEY L.M.

CALIFORNIA, $41.00 East Los Angeles. J.E. Cushman. 25.00 Pasadena. "R.P.A. and wife." 10.00 Pomona. Mrs. C.A. Lorbeer. 1.00 San Diago. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. 5.00 Ch.

OREGON, $50.00 Portland. First Cong. Ch. to const. 50.00 MRS. GEORGE A. STEEL L.M.

WASHINGTON, $17.00 Union City. Cong. Ch., 15; "Little 17.00 Workers," 2.

TENNESSEE, $24.00 Deer Lodge. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Jonesboro. Cong. Ch., 6.74 and Sab. 9.00 Sch., 2.26. Grand View. Mrs. Sarah K. Yeatman, 10.00 for Grand View, Tenn.

NORTH CAROLINA, $229.23 Pekin. Cong. Ch. 0.50 Raleigh. Cong. Ch., for Land, 162.00 Raleigh, N.C. Wilmington, Cong. Ch. 66.73

GEORGIA, $1.50 Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., 1.10; 1.50 "J.H.H.S." 25c; Mrs. S., 15c.

FLORIDA, $1.00 Mannville. Mrs. Francis Haskins. 1.00

TEXAS, $3.50 Dallas. Cong. Ch. 3.50

CANADA, $4.50 Sweetsburg. H.W. Spaulting. 4.50

ENGLAND, $10.00 Chigwell. Miss S.L. Ropes. 10.00

Donations. $8,270.09
Estates. 1,813.17
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$10,083.26

TUITION $899.09 Williamsburg, Ky., Tuition. 138.50 Jonesboro, Tenn., County Fund. 30.00 Jonesboro, Tenn., Tuition. 1.00 Talladega, Ala., Tuition. 718.89 Austin, Texas. Tuition. 10.70 ------ 899.09 Total for August. $10,982.35

SUMMARY. Donations. 168,736.34

Estates. 123,464.93

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$292,201.27

Income. 8,507.21 Tuition. 38,903.43 United States Government for the 19,073.29 Education of Indians. ---------

Total from Oct. 1, to July 31. $358,685.20

FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. Subscriptions for August. 12.75 Previously acknowledged. 685.20 -------- Total. $697.95

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H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,

Bible House. N.Y.

Notes =====

1. Deceased.

2. For the purpose of exact information, we note that while the
W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass, and R.I., it
has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.

We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of
State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary
Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care,
however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American
Missionary Association, since _undesignated funds will not reach
us_.